Eleventh Grade 2017

First Place: Emilia Simonian, Yerevan

You walk to the store to buy food for your family. When you get to the store there is no food on the shelves. You ask the shop keeper where the food is but she doesn't know. The food just disappeared. What happens next?

It was a normal day at the shop at the end of the street until somethign wierd happened. Let’s start with the moment when a suspicious charechter entered the shop. He was a tall man with curly purple hair who looked like he had just stepped out of a spaceship from Pluto. The shopkeeper had just ogne out to get some change. This is where I come in. I had just arrived from Otulo, a planet just outside our solar system and my fridge was short of milk, which, by the way, there isn’t any of at Otulo. So, I had gone to the store to get more of that white liquid, but just as I step in, I realize that the store is completely empty—just like 90% of the universe is. I was as if a black hole had just walked in and swallowed all of the food. The shopkeeper didn’t know what had happened, so I made it my duty to investigate.

I started of by interviewing the shopkeeper who stated that at the time of her presence, nothing abnormal had taken place. But she did say, that she had left the shop for a few seconds to get some change from the nearby store. But what confused me was that the disappearence hadn’t happed at the time of her absence. She happened to be talking to a usual customer when she turned arround and discovered what had happened. The next persone I questioned was the queer costomer. His name I found out, was Pido, and he was actually a citizen of Marupa, a planet neighboring mine. He was a phisisist and considered the diesappearence to be a natural phenomenon having to do withe the change of dimentions in the area. But the food coudn’t have just gone to a different dimention, could they?

I decided to continue my search for a better explaination. The only person left to investigate was a woman from a planet called Earth, another exoplanet that was just like the one I was at then. Earth also had milk. But that’s not the point! The young woman, who, just stood there looking at me as if she wasn’t used to being around aliens said somethign odd. I thought she was making a joke out of the situation. She told me to check the cash register. I did so, just to show her that the solution was not as simple as she thought it was.

“But, but, but…” I exclaimed when I had opened the register. It couldn’t be true!

It seemed to be that someone had just stepped in in the speed of light and bought everything without anyone noticing.

Remember when you last lost something, which you knew had been there a second ago? Well, they say there’s a plaent out there full of aliens with the ability to travel so fast, that even if the pass right in fornt of your very eyes, you will never see them, as their second is your our, and a minutes in your time is a century in theirs. Well, look at the bright side. If you ever see a glass of mlik disappear, you’ll know that it is helping an alien get through a century of thirst.

Second Place: Mane Yardonyan, Artashat

You walk to the store to buy food for your family. When you get to the store there is no food on the shelves. You ask the shop keeper where the food is but she doesn't know. The food just disappeared. What happens next?

​I day I decided to go to the store to buy something for my family. It was good, sunny, sunner day. It was pleasant for me to walk in the streets. But only 5 minutes. Next my body start to burn from the sun. And I run quickly to reach nearest store. When I went into the store I felt as tired. So I asked a cup of water. But the shop keeper said that they haven’t any water at that moment. I though that she is crazy. So I sat on the only chair and have a rest several minutes. When I have already had a rest, and felt good I started to tell what I want from the store. But appeared that they have nothing in the shop. The shop keeper told me that all food was disappeared. I was surprised I have never though, that food can disappear and only during one night. I haven’t buy anything and went out from the shop. I went home because I was very tired. And I falled asleep. When I get up I remember the store where has been nothing. From that invent passed several days. i ahve already forgotten about the store.

One morning my phone was ringing. I didn’t want to answer because I wanted to sleep. Yesterday I had a very bad day that was full of mysteries. And I can’t answer to the phone.

But I couldn’t sleep again because I heard sounds near my home. Policemen gathered in my home. So I was afraid of it. I didn’t know what happened, so I decided to open the door and ask about it. When I opened the doory they started to speak with me, but I couldn’t understand what they wante dot say. It was discovered that I have robbed the shop several times. I couldn’t believe in my ears. But they showed me the videos, where I was in the shop at night and took all food, especially all chocolates. It was me, but I also couldn’t believe it. They arrested me I ididn’t know why. I coudln’t remember what happened with me at nights. WHen I was arrested they locked all my home and found the papers of chocolate. And after then, that they told me I remember. I remember that I wanted chocolate, but noboday game me. So when I fall asleep I saw only chocolates in my dreams. And robbed the shop. It was very long day for me. Policeman couldn’t understand me. BUt I gave him one big tasy chocolate and they set me free. So dear people, when I want chocolate, please give me it. I love it so much and can do everything to eat it.

Third Place: Angela Serobyan, Aragatsavan

If you could switch lives with a famous person for one day who would you choose? Why? ​India is my faveorite country. In all my lfe I drem to be there.

One day I went to sleep and in my dream I appear in India. It was so coloarfull and beautiful country with crowded many people. It was hard for me to be in unknown country and I started to find way to go back, to wake up.

All people in India was very busy and nobody listen me. I couldn’t find the person who can halp me and listen me. I can’t find that person. Then I went temple and set in board with crying eyes. I saw there one blind man who was siting near the temple and that man was that one who listen to me. There were many people whoes have eyes, feet, hands and etc. but that blind man can listen me, in that unknown country.

I said him, why only you can listen me, you are blind but only one who saw me.

He answered that most important things in the world you can’t see with the eyes. He was blind but he knowes all plases in India and he said me how I can find that tree that will halp me to woke up and be in real life, not in dream.

Then i went to find that tree. Finely I find that tree, but I couldn’t open the door which was on the tree. It has cipher and I didn’t know how to find it. The tree said that I must find that word which is supreme purpose in Mahatma Gandyes life.

I look for all of books, but I couldn’t find it. I remember that blind man and went to ask it him. Blind man told me about Mahatma Gandy and said that supreme purpose in his life is freedom and the cipher word is freedom. I wanted to go but he wanted to tell me a story and I started listen him.

He started to tell me.

When Mahatma Gandy died all people went and plant that tree for him. And only he can wather the tree and when he will wather the tree all people’s ears will open and people will listen and halp each outher.

If I have a chance I will switch with lifes with Mahatma Gandy and wather that tree. When I will did it all people can listen and halp each outher.